Jewelry-catch.



No. 808,760. PATBNTED JAN. 2, 1906. R. KOLLMAR.

JEWELRY CATCH.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 10, 1905.

WITNESSES:

M25 421%, By L0 ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEWELRY-CATCH Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 1906.

Application filed May 10, 1905. Serial No. 269,795.

1'0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT KoLLMAR, ofNewark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented anew and Improved Jewelry-Catch, of which the following 1s a full, clear,and exact description.

This invention relates to a catch for jewelry, and is one designed topermit a ready insertion 'of the pin of a piece of jewelry into itshook, but also insures the security of the pin until the catch isreleased manually while the pin of the piece of jewelry is withdrawn.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a device of this classthat is cheaply made, while at the same time it is reliable as a lock.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanymg drawings, in which- IFigure l is a perspective of a piece of jewelry provided with theimproved catch. Fig. 2 is a side view of the hook-piece, and Fig. 3 1s aface view.

It will be seen from the figures that the piece of jewelry 10, which canbe of any design, is provided with the customary pin 11, and when thejewelry is attached to a garment or other article the pin is forced intoa hook 12. This hook is soldered or otherwise secured to the jewelry andhas two leaves 13, which hold a rod or pivot 14. This rod or pivot has aspring-wire encircling it, one end of this spring-wire projecting down,as at 15, and then turning to form the bridge 16, and then being bentdown to form a finger-piece 17. The other end of the wire 18 engages theinside of the hook, and thus acts as an abutment to give force to thespring action. The part 16 of the spring catch passes through and worksinto a slot 19 in the back of the hook 12. The end of the hook may beprovided with a small cut-away portion 20 to insure easy working of thesprmg and to give the hook a slight overlap on the sides, so as tominimize the danger of the spring being caught by any foreign projectionand operate It will be seen that when the pin is inserted in the catch asimple pressure on the part 15 spring-catch then snaps back into placeand the pm 11 is securely locked; but when it is desired to unhook thepin 11 it is necessary to operate the spring-catch by means of thefinger-piece 17 This operation is shown in dotted outline in Fig. 2, andwith the spring in its dotted osition the pin 11 is easily withdrawn. twill be evident that this construction is cheap, simple, and at the sametlme sure.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. A jewelry-catch, comprising a hook portion,a spring-wire arranged to close the hook ortion, the said wire thenbeing bent to project throu h the hook, the hook portion having a peroration through which the wire passes and a finger-piece on the end ofthe sprlng wlre.

2. The combination with a piece of jewelry and its pin, of a catcharranged to receive the pin, a spring-wire normally closing the catch, abridge portion on the spring-wire, the back of the hook having aperforation, said bridge passing through the perforation, and afingerpiece on the end of the spring-wire.

3. A j ewelry-catch, comprising a hook portion, and a spring-wiresecured to the catch and projecting across the open portion of the hook,then bridging the hook portion, the back of the hook ortion having aperforation, the free end oi the'wire passing through the perforationand enga ing the outside of the back of the hook to Timit the forwardmovement of the spring-wire.

4. A j ewelry-catch comprising a hook portion and a spring-wire securedto the catch and projecting across the open portion of the hook, thenbeing bent to bridge the hook portion and having its end bent to engagethe outside of the back of the hook to hmit the forward movement of thespring-wire.

ROBERT KOLLMAR.

Witnesses:

WM. H. CAMFIELD, WILLIs A. BARNES.

